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No. 61,142 Patented Jan 15, 1867,

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ALONZO BENEDICT, OF JONESVILLE, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 61,142, dated January 15, 1867. v

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK YOKE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ALONZO BENEDICT, of Jonesville, in the county ofSaratoga, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved NeckYoke; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part. of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is atransverse vertical section of my invention, taken in the line x :11,fig. 2.

Figure 2,-a front view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate likeparts.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in the connectionemployed between the neck yoke and draught pole. Hitherto leather alonehas been employed, and this soon becomes worn and cracked, and is veryliable to break or give way.

The object of this invention is to obtain, at a small expense, a durableconnection, and one which may always be kept in proper order without theaid of a mechanic.

A represents a portion of the draught pole of a vehicle, and B the neckyoke. On the neck yoke there are fitted two metal clips, 0 O, at aproper distance apart, and into these clips, at the under side of theneck yoke, there are fitted the ends of two U-shaped metal bars, D D,which are placed side by side in close contact, and are thus secured bythe bolts a of the clips, and a bolt, 6, which passes-through the centreof the curves of the bars D D. These bars D D have each a chamber orrecess, a, made in them at their inner edges or parts, to receive apiece of leather, E, to preventthe chafing of the draught pole Thisleather E, it will be understood, is clamped firmly in position by thebars D D, and it may, when worn by use, be readily removed by looseningthe bolts .& b, and a new piece inserted. A piece of leather, (Z, isattached to the under side of the neck yoke to rest or bear upon thedraught pole. It will be understood that the bars D D must be of such asize and curve to admit of the draught pole Apassing through it, andalso admit of the chafing leather E being secured between their innerparts to encompass the draught'pole. The lower part of the leather Ebears against a metallic stop or hold-back, F, attached to the draughtpole as shown in fig. 1.

By these simple means it will be seen that a cheap and durableconnection of the neck yoke to the draught pole is obtained; one thatmay always be kept in repair without the aid of a mechanic.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The curved or U-shaped metallic bars D D, attached tothe neck yoke by means of clips 0 O, and grooved at their inner parts toreceive and clamp'the chafing leather E, substantially as hereinshown'and described.

ALONZO BENEDICT. Witnesses Janus Plums, D. M. Nonrnnnur.

